Prince George was not among the 17 communities across B.C. that set new temperature records yesterday (Wednesday).
Environment Canada Meteorologist, Colin Fong told MyPGNow.com Wednesday’s daytime high of 12 degrees was notable but did not smash any records.
“The daily temperature record for that day is 14.4 degrees, which was set back in 1941. If fell a couple of degrees short but it did make it as the second-warmest February 4th on record.”
All eyes are on today (Thursday) for the potential of any new records to be set in Prince George – the record daytime high for February 5th is 10 degrees set back in 1961 which is also the predicted high for the northern capital.
“It could go either way. Basically, we are going to be on record watch for today,” added Fong.
Temperatures are set to cool off Sunday with a high of plus four with an overnight low of minus seven.
The cooling trend will continue into early next week with daytime highs hovering around the freezing mark – late evening temperatures will stay in the minus eight range.
“The normal for this time of year is a daytime high of minus one and overnight lows of minus ten. Even looking at the forecast as we head into the weekend, yes, we are going to see a gradual cooling but compared to our normals we are still going to be above-seasonal,” added Fong.
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